Enjoy Child and his 30+ penalty count Sunday



I really feel for you guys.

OMG is that who we have got Jesus Christ

Oh @#!K!



We had him pre-season v Salford, and although we came out on top (pen count, not the result!) it was a day ruined by him. Approx 28 pens that day, 2 sin bins and a red card. It was a friendly FFS!

The game will be a lottery.

Rather get one of his games out the way now, against another one of the 'small 10' (well, if there's a 'big 4'...)

We have Silverwood who was just as useless in our pre-season game against Wakefield giving 20+ penalties.

Let's welcome him with a nice "best ref in superleague.." chant.

Do you fancy a swap?

I'm prepared to chuck in a Curly Whirly to sweeten the deal.

What's happened to Child?

When he first started in SL he seemed quite decent. Then, half way into his first season he discovered the whistle.

Having said that, evidence from fans of Championship clubs on the VT seem to indicate we just got lucky for half a season.

I think it's since he has grown sum facial hair and put a few ounces on them skinny legs maybe he has grown a pair and thought that's it I'm taking control, bet all the other refs are his bitches.....

I remember on boots'n'all, they said to Cullen "Justin Morgan has suggested some of these referees should drop down to the national league and learn the game" and asked "what do you think about that?" to which Cullen replied "I absolutely disagree {comedy pause} why should we have them?"

Throw in a ten point start and it's a deal

Speaking of Cullen, he must be the best coach in the world, he breaks down teams with red arrows and knows all weaknesses and strengths, hope Hull don't try poaching him.

could of been worse we could of had thaler
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if a player breaks a rule... then rightly it should be a penalty
its when they dont punish others for the same offences that we scream foul..
a ref should be fair and impartial at all times, and blow for fouls if the players break the rules.

for example look at the leeds v hull game on sky, a ref that got a lot of decisions wrong, and then didn`t punish the obvious ones that should have been punished...
its consistency that we need..... if that means 30-40 pens per game before the players start playing properly then so be it...

dont give away stupid penalties and he cant pull you up. simples.

Child tends to favour the home side no matter where he is. I am not too worried by his appointment, I just hope he doesnt waste my money by ruining a good game.

Catalans may not be in full flow just yet but they are always a big set of lads and the players always know they've played against them so it should be pretty interesting.

Child favours the team on top, once a team get a head of steam (and a team tends to hang on) he really hammers the oppo. This is why you tend to see very one sided games when he officiates.
I agree don't give the pens away, but their must be something amiss when in two rounds he has given the awarded the most pens (by some way) in both rounds. It kills the game as a spectacle and afterall thats what we pay for. He needs to use some common sense at times.

If only.